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Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

Home › Glossary › Letter B

Búri

Mythology
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

The first god in Norse mythology, grandfather of Odin, born from a primeval cow

Detailed Definition
Búri is the primordial Norse deity licked from salty ice by the cow Auðumbla, making him the progenitor of the Æsir. He fathered Borr, who in turn sired Odin, Vili, and Vé. Though he appears only briefly in the Prose Edda, Búri symbolizes the origin of divine order from chaos. Poets invoke him to explore themes of creation, ancestry, and the emergence of consciousness from primal void.
Example
Example in poetry:
Búri, the first god, is licked from ice by the cow Auðumbla in Gylfaginning: “From salty rime, Búri emerged, fair of face and mighty”; Búri fathered Borr, beginning the divine line; Though absent from most poems, Búri’s origin story is foundational in Norse creation myth; Skaldic poetry sometimes alludes to “Búri’s bloodline” when praising Odin’s heritage; His emergence symbolizes order arising from chaos; Búri’s role is primarily genealogical but essential to the mythic framework.
Additional Notes
Búri is the primordial god in Norse mythology, born when the primeval cow Auðumbla licked him free from salty ice in Ginnungagap. As the first being of the Æsir line, he is the grandfather of Odin and thus the root of the divine genealogy. Though Búri never speaks or acts in myths, his emergence marks the transition from chaos to order. Students should note that his origin—via a nurturing animal rather than sexual reproduction—reflects Indo-European creation motifs. Búri’s role is primarily symbolic: he represents the inception of consciousness and divinity from inert matter. His name may relate to "bura" (to bear or carry), suggesting generative power. Understanding Búri helps contextualize Norse cosmogony’s emphasis on emergence and lineage.
Also Known As
First God Ice-Born Ancestor Búri the Primordial Grandfather of Odin
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